#3CB3B5#3CB3B5

#3CB3B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB3B5
RGB	rgb(60, 179, 181)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -31.54, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 33.29, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0988 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.103 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3204, 36.5341, 49.3717)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB3B5 #B53E3C

analogous

#3CB57B #3CB3B5 #3C76B5

triadic

#3CB3B5 #B53CB3 #B3B53C

tetradic

#3CB3B5 #7B3CB5 #B53E3C #76B53C

square

#3CB3B5 #7B3CB5 #B53E3C #76B53C

split-complementary

#3CB3B5 #B53C76 #B57B3C

monochromatic

#1E5859 #2D8687 #3CB3B5 #63CACB #91D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3CB3B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#3CB3B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB3B5

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB3B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB3B5	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb3b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 179, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cacb',
    500: '#3cb3b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb3b5;
$custom-light: #82cacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb3b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70302,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB3B5

secondary

#C68887

accent

#504EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB3B5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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